The Missouri Compromise (also known as The Compromise of 1820) attempted to balance the interests of Northern states to limit slavery and the interests of Southern states that sought expand it, creating a geographical divide that Jefferson predicted would lead to civil war.
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How the Missouri Compromise came to be the law of the land in 1820.
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The legacy of the Missouri Compromise would extend into the next generation of Americans.
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The Missouri Compromise was undone by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which propelled the country toward the Civil War.